Weston resident named VP of advancement at Simmons College

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Aug 2, 2011 at 12:01 AMAug 2, 2011 at 2:01 AM

A longtime leader in institutional advancement and philanthropy, Marianne E. Lord of Weston has been appointed vice president of advancement at Simmons College in Boston. She will begin her tenure at Simmons on Sept. 6.

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A longtime leader in institutional advancement and philanthropy, Marianne E. Lord of Weston has been appointed vice president of advancement at Simmons College in Boston. She will begin her tenure at Simmons on Sept. 6.

As vice president of advancement, Lord will oversee the creation and implementation of policies and programs that maximize engagement of alumni and other donors, and produce increasing levels of financial support for Simmons’s annual and capital fundraising programs. She will also evaluate and define the strategic direction of the advancement function and implement strategies to support a comprehensive development and alumni relations program.

Simmons is in the midst of an $85 million “Making Education Work Campaign,” designed to increase scholarships and other financial aid for students, and support investment in Simmons’s academic programs.

“I am thrilled to welcome Marianne to Simmons during this exciting time in our history,” said Simmons President Helen Drinan. “The depth and breadth of her knowledge in fundraising will help to substantially further our mission to educate students for life’s work, while helping to enhance opportunities to make a Simmons education more affordable and to expand on our strategic vision.”

Lord brings more than 30 years of advancement experience and accomplishments to Simmons, having most recently served as associate dean of institutional advancement with responsibility for the advancement efforts at Boston College Law School. There, she participated in transforming the development program, which is currently halfway to a $1.5 billion campaign goal. She also created BC’s first planned giving program.

Since 2004, Lord has led the effort to achieve double digit increases in annual fund giving and capital pledges at the BC Law School. During the recent economic downturn, she succeeded in bringing in capital commitments that included $1.5 million, $3 million professorships, and a $3.2 million gift for loan repayment assistance for alumni pursuing lower paying, public interest professions.

She also restructured the BC Law Alumni Association, and developed key leadership groups to help broaden meaningful participation of alumni in the life of the law school and in the campaign.

Lord’s professional affiliations include membership in the Planned Giving Group of New England, the AALS Institutional Advancement Program Committee, CASE, the Friday Forum and Women in Development. She previously worked at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she developed a new program as the director of trust and estate gift plans, and helped to plan and execute four major capital campaigns.

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